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OpenAI Sued Over Children’s Data Used to Train ChatGPT
The proposed class action says OpenAI collected sensitive data from millions of minors and used it to train models and build profiles.
- On Tuesday, a Hawaii mother filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI in California, alleging the company "stole" sensitive data from millions of minors without parental consent to train its AI models.
- Although OpenAI requires parental permission for users under 18, the complaint alleges the company fails to verify these authorizations, allowing children as young as 12 to bypass age restrictions and create accounts.
- The lawsuit details exchanges with a 12-year-old plaintiff , alleging ChatGPT "purposely extracted" personal photos and insecurities that OpenAI used to build detailed user profiles and train its language models.
- Plaintiffs now demand an equity stake in OpenAI or cash compensation, arguing the company built a trillion-dollar enterprise on the "stolen" secrets and fears of children without obtaining valid consent.
- OpenAI disputed the "misguided lawsuit," citing "industry-leading age-specific protections," while child safety advocate Donna Rice Hughes, president and CEO of Enough is Enough, urged Congress to pass the CHATBOT Act to address AI risks.
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The Independent (US)OpenAI used children to train ChatGPT, lawsuit alleges
AI chatbot collected ‘vast amounts of highly sensitive and valuable data from millions of children,’ lawsuit says
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'Preying on Children'? OpenAI Faces Novel Class Action for Alleged Use of Minors' Data to Train AI Models
Paul Yetter, lead counsel for the plaintiffs and partner at Yetter Coleman, said in an interview that this is the first lawsuit he is aware of against an AI company that involves "children's property."
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